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 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [how to change height of header space in custom theme](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-change-height-of-header-space-in-custom-theme/)
 *  Thread Starter [dizzy1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dizzy1/)
 * (@dizzy1)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-change-height-of-header-space-in-custom-theme/#post-2396237)
 * Well, I finally got it figured out on my own. So for the benefit of anybody that
   might be having this same problem and is looking for a solution, I will explain
   how it is accomplished.
 * You can remove or replace the background image at line 11 in the style.css file
   of the theme, and that will make the strip disappear completely or you can change
   the background image to something else.
 * Or, as in my case, I just re-sized the original background image that was making
   the light grey strip in the header area so that it was tall enough to fit my 
   logo in it.
 * Very simple solution. No need to mess with changing code or make child theme 
   etc. Some times it’s best not to over think things.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [how to change height of header space in custom theme](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-change-height-of-header-space-in-custom-theme/)
 *  Thread Starter [dizzy1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dizzy1/)
 * (@dizzy1)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-change-height-of-header-space-in-custom-theme/#post-2396229)
 * Josh, Have you given up on me?
    I guess no other ideas on how to make this happen?
   Oh well. Thanks for trying to help anyways.
 * Regards~ TJ
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [how to change height of header space in custom theme](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-change-height-of-header-space-in-custom-theme/)
 *  Thread Starter [dizzy1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dizzy1/)
 * (@dizzy1)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-change-height-of-header-space-in-custom-theme/#post-2396191)
 * That didn’t do anything. Nothing changed. I tried putting it at the bottom of
   the style.css file for the actual theme also, just to see if anything changed
   with it like that, but nothing either.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [how to change height of header space in custom theme](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-change-height-of-header-space-in-custom-theme/)
 *  Thread Starter [dizzy1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dizzy1/)
 * (@dizzy1)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-change-height-of-header-space-in-custom-theme/#post-2396172)
 * Alrighty then,
    I’m not sure where you meant for me to go to when you said go
   here in your other post. But I found a tutorial on creating a child theme and
   so I went ahead and did so as per the instructions. It seems like it works. I
   activate the child theme in admin and it looks just like the original, so I guess
   it is working.
 * Yes, the site navigation is in that header area on the right side at the top.
   There is another optional type nav menu just below the other but I removed it
   in the admin panel to make more room for the logo.
 * OK, so next I replaced the entire code in header.php with code from pastbin and
   now my entire logo can be seen, but the header space has not changed. I had accomplished
   this before when I was trying to figure out how to increase the height of the
   header but did not like the way it looked and changed it back.
 * This is not what I am trying to change, or at least, it’s only part of it. Probably,
   I’m not explaining what I want to do correctly or I’m describing the wrong area
   on the page.
 * I want to increase the height (space) of the white strip that goes across the
   header area so that my logo will fit within that white space area and blend in
   with it. The way it is now still looks like the logo does not fit there so I 
   will need to increase that white strip at the top of the page.
 * At the bottom of the page in the footer area the white strip is 2-3 times bigger
   than the top one. That is what I would like to be able to make it like at the
   top of the page.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [how to change height of header space in custom theme](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-change-height-of-header-space-in-custom-theme/)
 *  Thread Starter [dizzy1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dizzy1/)
 * (@dizzy1)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-change-height-of-header-space-in-custom-theme/#post-2396151)
 * Hey Josh,
    I appreciate you helping out. I did what you said. The link is below.
 * `http://pastebin.com/2G9gKgz0`
 * I have seen something called child themes mentioned for use when making some 
   change in the code to prevent losing any modifications when updating a theme.
   Would this be a case for using something like that? If so, could you explain 
   how to go about doing that with this mod for the header?
 * Regards, TJ
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [Home page not loading right, after upgrade from 2.32 to 2.7](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/home-page-not-loading-right-after-upgrade-from-232-to-27/)
 *  Thread Starter [dizzy1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dizzy1/)
 * (@dizzy1)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/home-page-not-loading-right-after-upgrade-from-232-to-27/#post-970524)
 * Yes, exactly. That’s what I needed. Everything is working perfectly again.
 * Thanks for the heads up on that.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Please Help!!! Page loading weird in Internet Explorer, arrgh!!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-page-loading-wierd-in-internet-explorer-arrgh/)
 *  Thread Starter [dizzy1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dizzy1/)
 * (@dizzy1)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-page-loading-wierd-in-internet-explorer-arrgh/#post-705347)
 * What it actually turned out to be was a little snippet of php code in the home.
   php file was in a place that it didn’t need to be in. I must have forgotten to
   take it out when I was changing or adding something to the page at some point
   and didn’t notice.
 * Everything is working fine now.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Please Help!!! Page loading weird in Internet Explorer, arrgh!!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-page-loading-wierd-in-internet-explorer-arrgh/)
 *  Thread Starter [dizzy1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dizzy1/)
 * (@dizzy1)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-page-loading-wierd-in-internet-explorer-arrgh/#post-705269)
 * Ok, thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I tried using the XHTML validation
   and it says I have 99 errors. It’s gonna take me some time to sort through all
   the errors and figure out what’s causing the problem.

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